Who are we looking for? Volunteers looking to gain valuable leadership experience planning and producing the festival. The SDF core team requires members who are: Reliable, able to attend all core team meetings and deliver on commitments Collaborative, willing to step up and assist when needed Good communicators, willing to assist community partners in bringing…
Dear SDF Supporters and Community, It is with great appreciation and optimism that I am reaching out to you today to share a reflection from 2021 and our plans for 2022. We joyfully engaged the public and partners in person in August 2021 with 33 Installations and Pop-up Experiences, and 6400+ attendees for the Block…
Diversity by Design: Equity in Architecture showcases seven Northwest Regional projects submitted to Diversity Roundtable’s open call to celebrate the work of underrepresented designers. Despite people of color making up a majority of early career unlicensed designers, only a small percentage of licensed architects are people of color. Additionally, people of color are consistently unrepresented…
#GivingTuesday is Tomorrow! Why does your Gift Matter? The Seattle Design Festival (SDF) is the region’s largest public design event celebrating and exploring all the ways design improves the quality of our lives. One of the key tenets of our work is to engage with under-invested communities empowering them to leverage design and our…
Congratulations to SDF partners Wittman Estes and The Clean Hands Collective! Their projects, which were featured as part of SDF 2020: About Time, have been awarded Honorable Mentions at AIA Seattle’s 71st annual Honor Awards for Washington Architecture. From 103 submittals, the jury chose 16 award winners from three categories – Built, Conceptual, and Research…
We are excited to highlight the recent work of one of our long-time festival partner, Diversity Roundtable (DRT)! Together, with Sawhorse Revolution, DRT completed their 2nd build project— Danny Woo Garden Shed. Project Team AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable committee attracts, retains, and empowers individuals of underrepresented backgrounds in the profession of architecture through scholarship, community…